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AFRICAN WALKING SAFARIS
GORILLA TRACKING, BWINDI, UGANDA
The total population of mountain gorillas is tiny: fewer than 900 are believed to
survive in the Virunga Mountains straddling DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and
in the latter’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Whacking up through the lush, dense
vegetation of Bwindi to locate one of the habituated family groups is not for softies:
it’s steep, it’s muddy, it’s overgrown, and it can be wet, cold, hot, or all three in one
day. Until recently, limited numbers of permits costing US$600 per person allowed
visitors to spend up to one hour with a family (if you can find them). But you can
now join rangers habituating new groups, and enjoy gorilla company for several
hours.
Start/End // Depends on the family being tracked, but treks usually depart from park headquarters
Distance // Various
More info // Habituation experience permits cost US$1500 per person. www.visituganda.com